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1
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What music created new ways of using instruments?
A. Ninja
B. Swing Dance Bands
C. Bruno Mars
D. Ragtime

A

B. Swing Dance Bands

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True or False: Swing bands did not play individually

A
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__blues and ___blues was the basis of early Rock Music.

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R and b blues and country blues

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What instrument was not in the front line?
A. Clarinet
B. Trombone
C. Trumpet
D. Guitar

A

D. Guitar

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5
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Syncopated rhythms popular between 1890-1915.

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Ragtime

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Group of lead melodic instruments used in New Orleans Jazz.

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Front line

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What is overdubbing?
A. Adding more tracks of sound to a recording that was already taped.
B. Adding more songs
C. Voicing over it.
D. Rap

A

A. Adding more tracks of sound to a recording that was already taped.

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Which guitar technique needs the player to push or pull the guitar strings out of alignment?
A. Over dubbing
B. String Bending
C. Ragtime
D. Tin Pan Alley

A

B. String Bending

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T bone walker was one of the first to use what instrument?
A. Electric guitar
B. Banjo
C. Accordion
D. Piano

A

A. Electric Guitar

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Which beats in a 4 beat bar refer to the term backbeat?
A. 2 and 3
B. 2 and 4
C. 1 and 4
D. 1 and 3

A

B. 2 and 4

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What is a backbeat?
A. Beats two and four of a four beat pattern
B. Beat
C. Beat made in a backyard
D. AAB lyric

A

A. Beats two and four of a four beat pattern

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What is Boogie Woogie?
A. Spiritual Rhythms
B. Bo Diddly
C. Super awesome cool game
D. Revival in the sixties

A

A. Spiritual Rhythms

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Boogie Woogie is a spirited and rhythmic _______ style.
A. Bo Diddley
B. Guitar
C. Piano
D. Drum

A

Guitar

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Q

Chicago blues combined blues with ________ styles.
A. Delta and country blues
B. Jazz and rock n roll
C. Ragtime and bottleneck guitar
D. Piano and drum

A

A. Delta and country blues

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Beats two and four of a four beat pattern, the accenting of which creates rocks basic rhythm.

A

Backbeat

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True or false: Rhythm and blues stress the backbeat more and are intended to be more danceable than most blues music.

A

True

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True or false: Riggs are short bits of melody repeated several times.

A

True

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_______ and _______ was more uplifting than traditional blues.

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Rhythm and blues

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Q

Chess recording studios in Chicago were run and owned by ______ and _____ chess.

A

Leonard and Philips chess

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___________ Ragtime
A. A type of music that used syncopated rhythms
B. An alley in New York
C. Rap
D. Overdubbing

A

A. A type of music that used syncopated rhythms

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__________ Chord
A. Three or more notes played together
B. 5 notes played apart
C. 7 notes or more played together
D. Overdubbing

A

A. Three or more notes played together

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Q

True or false; Christians were directed to not sing spiritual songs in the New Testament of the bible

A

False

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The drifters were called the drifters because they
A. Drifted from group to group
B. They drifted from location to location
C. They drifted record companies
D. They were named after a slang term

A

A. Drifted from group to group

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Q

Little Richie wrote, played piano and sang on his own records which did not include
A. Tutti Fruttie
B. Long tall Sally
C. Good Golly Miss Molly
D. Lucille

A

D. Lucille

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Q

This person was born in New Orleans and was given a nickname based off his appearance
A. Fats Domino
B. Chuck Berry
C. Little Richard
D. Elvis Presley

A

A. Fats Domino

26
Q

True or false; Chuck Berry had an electrifying performance named the duckwalk.

A

True

27
Q

True or false; Not all Chuck Berry’s hit records followed the classic Blues format

A

True

28
Q

_______ is the method in that band plays only on the first beat of each bar while a soloist continues performing through the measure.

A

Stop time

29
Q

Sam Philips, Alabama farm boy

A

Carl perkins

30
Q

Antoine domino nickname for his girth

A

Fats domino

31
Q

Farm boy that came from tennesse

A

Elvis presley

32
Q

True or false: doo wop identifies as a vocal group sound

A

True

33
Q

The banjo is of ________ descent

A

African

34
Q

The style of music that is a combination of rock and roll hillbilly music is called
A. Western swing
B. Country
C. Boogie woogie
D. Rockabilly

A

D. Rockabilly

35
Q

__________ was known for his glissandos in his piano playing

A

Jerry lee lewis

36
Q

True or false: falsetto is when a man sings in a range higher normal tenor range

A

True

37
Q

Cover recording is ___________
A. A recording of a song that was first recorded by someone else
B. A recording for a cover
C. Blues music
D. Rap

A

A. A recording of a song that was first recorded by someone else

38
Q

Which country star crossed over onto the pops chart with their hit “i walk the line”

A

Johnny cash

39
Q

True or false: Payola is the practice of bribing disc jockeys to induce them to pavfor particular recordings on the air

A

True

40
Q

True or false: ASCAP stands for The American Society of composers, authors, and Publishers.

A

True

41
Q

Duane Eddy’s guitar style is called?
A. Twangy guitar
B. The ventures
C. Surf sound
D. Pop rock

A

A. Twangy guitar

42
Q

The Beach Bovs were formed by?
A. 4 Best Friends
B. 3 Cousins73
C. 3 Brothers
D. 4 Coworkers

A

C. 3 brothers

43
Q

What did American Bandstand not serve?
1. Rock music
2. Dancers
3. Performers

A
  1. Dancers
44
Q

True or false: Songs of the Late fifties were generally written to appeal to young teens and marked in teen movies.

A

True

45
Q

True or false: Ray Charles couldn’t play music anymore because he was
blind.

A

False

46
Q

At the age of ______ Wison Picket left his gospel style grunts and shouts to sing Rhythm and Blues.

A

19

47
Q

What TWO songs became a success after Berry Gordy Jr. wanted African American performers to earn respect?
1. “Lonely Teardrops”
2. “Motor City”
3. “Reet Petite”
4. “Money”

A

1 and 3

48
Q

Which was made by Ertegun and Herb Abramson

  1. Atlantic Records
  2. Motown
A
  1. Atlantic records
49
Q

Which was Made by Berry Gordy Jr
1. Atlantic records
2. Motown

A
  1. Mowtown
50
Q

________was a tremendously popular music style that had its roots in gospel and rhythm and blues of the fifties

A

Soun

51
Q

True or False:
Most soul singers began their careers by singing black gospel. |

A

True

52
Q

Otis Redding was the best-selling singer at.
1. Volt Records
2. Stax Records
3. Atlantic Records
4. Motown Records

A
  1. Motown Records
53
Q

Aretha Franklin sang which one
1. Today I sing the blues
2. In the Midnight Hour

A
  1. In the Midnight Hour
54
Q

Wilson pickett sang which one

  1. Today I sing the blues
  2. In the Midnight Hour
A
  1. Today i sing the blues
55
Q

True or false: Mick Jagger was a part of The Beatles

A

False

56
Q

Match the descriptions
A. The rolling stones
B. The beatles

__________ did not conform to the normal standard of dressing and music/a “bad boy image

A

A. The rolling stones

57
Q

Matching the descriptions
A. The rolling stones
B. The beatles

_________ liked having a polite image and liked formal attire which they matched

A

The beatles

58
Q

True or false: “I want to hold your hand” was a number one hit on the Bitish pop chars forfive weeks

A

True

59
Q

Which band was led by Dave and Ray Davies? -
A. The Kinks
b.The Who
c.Herman's Hermits
d.Gerry and the Pacemakers

A

A. The kinks

60
Q

3.True or false:
Fleetwood Mac is a blues revival band formed in the late 1940s

A

False

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